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BEDSTEADFASTENlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,354, dated November6, 1900.

Application filed Jnne, 1900. Serial No. 22,152. (No model.)

T0 al?, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED C. F. PETERS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Monroe, in the parish of Ouachita andl State ofLouisiana, have" invented a new and Improved Bedstead-Fastening, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a bedstead-fastening whichwill securely bind the parts of a bed together and prevent them frombecoming detached by breakage or movenient of the bed.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of the invention, whilethe claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan View of the fastening, showing parts of the bed insection. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig.3 is a face view of one of the members of the fastener detached. Fig.etis a sectional view looking upward from the line et 4 of Fig. 3. Fig.5 is a sectional elevation of the other member of the fastening, andFig. t5 is a section on the line 6 G of Fig. 5.

In the drawings, a represents the bed-post, to which the head a of thebed is shown as attached.

h represents the side rail, which is attached to the post. The fasteningis formed in two sections, respectively designated c and d, the formerbeing attached to the rail b and the latter to the post d. The section ois preferably formed of sheet metal bent 1ongitudinally to form twoparallel parts, one of which is secured firmly against the side of therail by screws e and the other part of which lies out from the rail,such other partr being formed with openings e', through which the twolower of the screws e may be passed to be engaged with the rail h, andthe upper end of the outer part of the section c is cut away diagonally,as indicated atf. A pin g is passed through both parts of the section cof the fastening and is secured in the side rail ZJ, the head of the pinprojecting beyond the outer part of the section c for a purpose whichwill be explained hereinafter. The section d is also formed, preferably,of sheet metal and is bent longitudinally to form three parts, one ofwhich, CZ, lies flat against the bed-post a and is fastened by screwsthereto, and the other two, d2 and d3, lie parallel with each other, thesame as the two parts of the section c. The'part d2 of the section d hasits outer edge lying diagonally with respect to the post a, and the partd3 is carried parallel to said outer edge, and consequently diagonallyto the post. The inner edge of the outer part of the section c of thefastening (the lefthand edge in Fig. 3) lies diagonally to the op positeedge of the section. Now by inserting the outer part of the section cbetween the parts d2 and d3 of the section cl the diagonal edges of theseveral parts of the sections of the fastening will work against eachother, thus forcing the post against the rail and binding these twoparts in firm connection. The part cl2 of the section d of the fasteneris formed with a slot d4, serving to receive the pin g, and as the twosections are moved into engagement the pin g enters the slot d4 tofurther secure the parts and also to limit the downward movement of therail on the post.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A bedstead-fastening, comprising two sections, thefirst of which has a flat outstanding part and the second of which hastwo flat outstanding parts lying in parallel planes and receiving theoutstanding part of the first section between them, and a pin carried bythe first section and disposed transversely of the said outstanding partthereof, the second section having a recess in one of its outstandingparts to receive the pin, for the purpose specitied.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRED C. F. PETERS.

Witnesses:

Ron J. WILLsoN, WM. WANsoH.

